This slab takes the data gathered in Part 1 and turns it into an Excel workbook. Very useful for most needs! (more…)
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December 2, 2008
Auto Generating a Data Dictionary – Part 2
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November 3, 2008
Manually Updating a ClickOnce Deployed Application
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Under certain circumstances, you may not want an app to automagically update itself. This slab shows how to do it manually. (more…)
October 21, 2008
If you want to do your users a service, standardize on displaying certain things on your reports. This slab is a cheat sheet for doing just that. (more…)
October 2, 2008
The Data Access Layer Object
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If you’ve ever has to refactor a database or business objects that interact with strongly typed datasets, you’ll quickly understand why they’re evil. Pure evil. This extra meaty slab walks through creating a data access layer, and how to use it. (more…)